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Lesson 113 – Modernism, Part II

Reading: Skim this discussion of Modernism in art. Make note of phrases like, “instinctive thinking without any control by reason and outside all aesthetic or ethical considerations,” or “a mode of expression that sprang from the most elemental urges and emotions-anxiety, terror, rage, ecstasy,” that serve as a contrast with the values of neoclassicism.